Caedmon

Poems by Caedmon

... ever. Dear were they unto God as long as they would keep His ...

... cast a great host into hell-fire, and with His hands prepared again in heaven ...

... And the Lord of life ordained a pleasant firmament amid the waters ...

... Lo! I cannot understand thy precepts, thy words or ways, thy errand ...

... nor may we ever bring this thing to pass, that we should change the purpose ...

... hell proclaiming that they have set at naught, by word and deed, ...

... The flood, raging beneath the heavens, covered over all high hills ...

... this woman, this lovely maid, gave me the fruit into my hand, and I took it ...

... firum foldu frea allmectigprimo cantauit Cædmon istud carmen ...

... the spacious earth lay hidden, deep and dim, alien to God, unpeopled ...

... ."I need not look for pity in this world, High King of heaven, for I have lost ...

... No wicked, sinful man may walk therein, but the warden has strength ...

... The erring spirits, in their sin, might not prevail against the Lord, ...

... He was a righteous prince, a noble earl, dear to his kinsmen &emsp ...

... Power enough have I to rear a goodlier throne, a higher in the heavens ...